Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

इति गणेशोत्पत्तिः । ततः कदाचिद्भगवानुमया सह मंदरे । मंदिरे हर्षजनने कलधौतमये शुभे

Transliteration

iti gaṇeśotpattiḥ | tataḥ kadācidbhagavānumayā saha maṃdare | maṃdire harṣajanane kaladhautamaye śubhe

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le récit de la manifestation de Gaṇeśa. Puis, un jour, le Seigneur Bienheureux—avec Umā—se trouvait sur Mandara, dans un palais réjouissant, de bon augure, façonné d’or finement purifié.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निपात; वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थ (quotative/closure particle)

• gaṇeśa: Gaṇeśa
• gaṇeśa: Sambandha (Genitive relation within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gaṇānām īśaḥ); प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• utpattiḥ: origin/birth
• utpattiḥ: Karta (Topic/Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative singular)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/अव्ययार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनन्तरार्थक (indeclinable ‘thereafter/from that’)

• kadācit: once/sometime
• kadācit: Sambandha (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• umayā: with Umā
• umayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental singular)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (indeclinable ‘with’)

• mandare: on/in Mandara (mountain)
• mandare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (Masculine, Locative singular)

• mandire: in a temple/palace
• mandire: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (Neuter, Locative singular)

• harṣa: joy
• harṣa: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as prior member)

• janane: in the joy-producing (place)
• janane: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (Neuter, Locative singular; ‘in/at the joy-producing [place]’)

• kaladhauta: of refined gold
• kaladhauta: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kala (प्रातिपदिक) + dhauta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धाव्/धौ धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन; ‘कलधौतमय’ इत्यस्य पूर्वाङ्ग (as member of compound; ‘made of refined gold’)

• maye: made of
• maye: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन; मयट्-अर्थ ‘made of’ (Neuter, Locative singular)

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (Neuter, Locative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandara

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva and Umā seated together in an auspicious, joy-giving mansion on Mandara; the palace gleams like refined gold, with serene intimacy and cosmic grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Śiva
• Umā
• Mandara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It marks a narrative transition: from doctrine and merit to a divine setting where further events unfold around Śiva and Umā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Mandara is mentioned as the divine locale (a sacred mountain setting in purāṇic geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a colophon-like transition and scene-setting.